0 a cake containing a lot of dried fruit, such as raisins --
2 a cake containing small dried or sugar-covered fruit, nuts, and spices --
The liberal consensus is that the careless and flippant use of words such as "fruitcake" and "wacko" reveals a disrespectful ignorance towards people with mental health problems.
There's this fruitcake out there claiming that God talks to him.
Instead of giving constructive criticism we often call people names: " Stupid", " Fruitcake", " Misery guts" and much, much worse! This is incredibly damaging.
"I've gotten threats from all kinds of fruitcakes, wackos and white supremacists," he said.